juiceman

The code is a one-time use code that is good for up to four tickets.  You would also have to purchase tickets to one of the sessions of the GLI.  If you had signed up through the Red Wings or Maple Leafs for ticket updates, then they should have sent you an e-mail with your account number & purchase window.  You don't have to be an STH in order to get this, I believe they had their purchase opportunity earlier.  

 

The nice thing about the tickets this time is that they opened pretty much all of the sections at Michigan Stadium for purchase.  Last year, people that had these codes could only get seats in the end-zones, nothing along the sides, or up in the club seats.

So I purchased Alumni Game tickets via stubhub. What are my options? Only recieve my money back because I'm a second hand buyer or do I actually have a choice to keep the tickets for the 2023 Winter Classic?

Stubhub will automatically refund you your money + fees that you paid out. You do not have to do anything. I believe in this case, Stubhub did not actually process your money to the seller's account due to the uncertainty of the event. They took your payment, but held it basically. So, there should be no issue of refunding you your money & taking money back from the seller, especially if he wants to hold onto the tickets for the next season.

According to the info on the Wings site, a refund means you will get back all fees, not just ticket cost.

http://redwings.nhl....s.htm?id=644827

So the business day is pretty much over, we have not heard an announcement yet. What do you make of that?

Nothing. Supposedly the NHL will be making the announcement tomorrow now.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=408543

I know that the rumor was that it was going to be cancelled on Monday, October 29th, then it was changed to Nov. 1st. However, November 2nd is when the NHL has to make a non-refundable payment of $250,000 to the University of Michigan. When the contract was first signed back in February, the NHL paid the university $100,000, which is all they would be out if the game was cancelled anytime up to November 2nd. After November 2nd, the league is responsible to make the payment on November 2nd, $1,000,000 on December 7th, and another $1,000,000 on December 28th. Plus the league would also be responsible for any documented out-of-pocket incurred by the university after November 2nd.

http://espn.go.com/b...ontract-details

Copy of the contract between the NHL and the University of Michigan:

http://www.annarbor....L AGREEMENT.pdf

So, unless the NHL feels that there is enough progress being made between the NHL and NHLPA to risk not cancelling the event, plus all of the events at Comerica Park, it is pretty much guaranteed that the Winter Classic will be cancelled on November 2nd.

It should be noted too that if the Winter Classic does not take place, then all of the other games/events at Comerica Park do not take place as well.